Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

नवमस्य कुलस्यात्र समर्यादस्य भूतले । श्रावणे कृष्णपक्षे तु संप्राप्ते पंचमीदिने

Transliteration

navamasya kulasyātra samaryādasya bhūtale | śrāvaṇe kṛṣṇapakṣe tu saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine

Translation

இங்கே பூமியில் தர்மமரியாதையில் நிலைத்த ஒன்பதாம் குலத்திற்கு, ஸ்ராவண மாதக் கிருஷ்ணபக்ஷ பஞ்சமி நாளில், நியத நிகழ்வு வந்து சேரும்.

Word by Word

• नवमस्य: of the ninth
• नवमस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (agrees with कुलस्य), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कुलस्य: of the family/lineage
• कुलस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• समर्यादस्य: of the well-ordered/bounded
• समर्यादस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्याद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (agrees with कुलस्य), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘मर्यादासहित/of proper bounds’

• भूतले: on the earth’s surface
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• श्रावणे: in (the month of) Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक (month-name)

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक—‘कृष्णः पक्षः’

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; contrast/emphasis)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Absolute locative/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी—‘when (it) has arrived’

• पंचमीदिने: on the fifth lunar day
• पंचमीदिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक—‘पञ्चम्याः दिनम्’

Speaker

Unspecified (continuation of the māhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha (contextually emerging) / Hāṭakeśvara precinct

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (frame not in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic calendar scene: the sacred tank and shrine under monsoon clouds; devotees mark Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa Pañcamī; a lineage tree motif subtly appears, indicating the ‘ninth lineage’ reaching its destined moment.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa
• Pañcamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced in harmony with sacred time—specific lunar days and months intensify the fruit of tīrtha-related observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgatīrtha, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A time-marker is given: Śrāvaṇa month, dark fortnight, Pañcamī—an auspicious window for tīrtha acts (implied worship/bathing).